Wide Saragasso 6

Comments:

1. the family saw a dead bird and i think they saw it as a sign of hope is lost
2. everyone said that the death of the bird was bad luck to have seen
3. Alexander helps Anntoinette when she dropped her books
4. After she told her nun about the dream
5. The nun believed she must forget about it because it wasnt a good dream

Questions:
1. Why was it that Annotionette always dreamed about her home?
2. Did Anntoinette miss living in her home?
3. Why would she want her old life back?
4. why did the nun think that she was sick?

Vocabulary:

1. convent: a community of persons devoted to religious life under a superior
2. melacholy-a gloomy state of mind, esp. when habitual or prolonged; depression
3. porter-a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel

Literary terms:

1. Metaphor
2. Simile

Overview Sentence:
She kept dreaming of her past life and her home and some of the experiences she had lived in the old house. The nun believed it was a bad dream.